Science Script About The Deadliest Earthquake In The World

Northern California. High intensity shaking was felt stretching from Salinas Valley to Eureka on the North Coast. The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 was one of the worst and most fatal earthquakes in both California’s and the United States’ history.

The damages were catastrophic as houses lay in ruin and debris littered the roads. There were mudslides and fallen rocks that paved the roads and made them impassible for vehicles to get through. Ultimately by the roads being clogged up the response time by rescue workers and essential personal were hampered. This also made it exceptionally difficult for supplies to be rushed to the locations for the earthquake survivors. As some were digging and excavating for survivors they were being halted by aftershocks and falling debris from above. Approximately 8000 people were killed either by their houses caving in or by the other disasters this earthquake triggered. It was a real life tragedy that

Have you ever been in a deadly earthquake? In 2013, the people of the Philippines experienced one. A 7.1 magnitude earthquake that affected around 43,000 people with 2,211 aftershocks that ended up killing a total of 185 people. Earthquakes are known as one of the most dangerous natural disasters. This horrific event happened October 15th, 2013. The earthquake hit hardest in the central Philippines, it was reported to be caused by the East Bohol Fault. People act in a response to a natural disaster by gathering resources, spreading word, and government aid.

Earthquake registering 7.8 on the Richter scale, lasting 30-60 seconds for the primary quake, followed by aftershocks of varying strengths for approximately 96 hours. Floods and fires persisted in the local area for several weeks afterward.

What: In Nepal near Kathmandu there was a 7.8 magnitude earthquake. It killed about 8,000 people and injured nearly 18,000 people. It affected 8 million

On Friday March 11th, 2011 at 2:46 pm, the fifth largest earthquake recorded since 1900 with a magnitude of 9.0, 1.7 Richter scale points greater than the devastating Vancouver Island earthquake of 1946, struck the coast of Japan, 231 miles northeast of Tokyo1, causing a devastating regional and global catastrophe.

The 1906 San Francisco earthquake struck the coast of Northern California at 5:12 a.m. on April 18 with an estimated moment magnitude of 7.8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI . Severe shaking was felt from Eureka on the North Coast to the Salinas Valley, an agricultural region to the south of the San Francisco Bay Area. Devastating fires soon broke out in the city and lasted for several days. As a result, about 3,000 people died and over 80% of the city of San Francisco was destroyed. The events are remembered as one of the worst and deadliest natural disasters in the history of the United States. The death toll remains the greatest loss of life from a natural disaster in California's history and high in the lists of American urban disasters.

The Valdivia Earthquake occurred on the 22nd of May 1960 in Valdivia, Chile. It is the most powerful earthquake ever recorded with a magnitude of 9.5. The earthquake resulted in many natural disasters not only in other parts of Chile but in other countries as well.

These earthquakes were followed on Sunday, November 1, 1755, by a cataclysmic shock and tsunami that killed an estimated 70,000 people, leveling the city of Lisbon, Portugal, while many of its residents were in church. This event marks the beginning of the modern era of seismology, prompting numerous studies into the effects, locations, and timing of earthquakes.

The second strongest earthquake in history and the strongest in the United States occurred in Alaska on March 27, 1964, about 5 pm and lasted about five minutes in size with a magnitude of 9.2. 131 people were killed, resulting in 311 million (2.3 billion today after inflation-adjusted) US dollar losses because of this earthquake. Local tsunami and transoceanic tsunamis crossing the Pacific Ocean was also due to the earthquake. This earthquake was particularly important because it helped to confirm the tectonic plate

The San Francisco earthquake was the first time man had ever seen the most disaster city of the state of California had ever seen. Most people think that it took hours and hours but it took a minute. But no one would ever know. And now the greatest disaster ever. But it took so many lives though.

There is one very significant earthquake on the list which happened on March 28 1964. It is world second strongest earthquake ever recorded in human history followed by Chile which happened in 1960. 1964 Alaskan earthquake also known as the great Alaskan earthquake and Good Friday earthquake. From the figure 3, the star shows the location of the epicenter, it was 12.4mi north of Prince William Sound and 78mi east from Anchorage. The depth of it was approximately 15 mi and the tsunamis were created by the ocean floor shifts causing many of the deaths and injuries and $2.3billions today dollars of property lost. The earthquake had the magnitude of 9.2 and it lasted for four minutes and thirty- eight seconds. After the earthquake, one of the major effects was the vertical displacements of 11.5m maximum uplift of subsidence relative to sea level

On May 12, 2008, in the Sichuan Province in China, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.9

In May 2008, a memorial tragedy has carved our heart. More than 60,000 of our compatriots died in the Great Sichuan Earthquake. It was a once-in-a-year strong earthquake registering a magnitude of 7.8 measured in the Richter scale.

According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the quake registered magnitude 8.3, at 7:54 p.m. local time (4 p.m. PDT) on Wednesday. The quake lasted for approximately three minutes.